1939 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 89-62
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 573,070, Avg. 9,603
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Joe Cronin (89-62)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1939 Boston Red Sox Roster
1939 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1939 season with a record of 89 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the AL.

The Red Sox scored 890 runs and yielded 795 runs. Jimmie Foxx walloped 35 home runs for Boston, while Joe Cronin and Ted Williams added 20 or more also. Ted Williams drove in 145 runs. Jimmie Foxx led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .360. Lefty Grove topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.54 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Joe Cronin coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Lefty Grove	15	4	.789	2.54	23	23	0	17	2	0	191.0	180	63	54	8	58	81	1	0	0	798
Joe Heving	11	3	.786	3.70	46	5	26	1	0	7	107.0	124	65	44	8	34	43	2	1	3	471
Fritz Ostermueller	11	7	.611	4.24	34	20	9	8	0	4	159.3	173	86	75	6	58	61	2	0	5	701
Jack Wilson	11	11	.500	4.67	36	22	5	6	0	2	177.3	198	109	92	10	75	80	1	0	4	797
Denny Galehouse	9	10	.474	4.54	30	18	6	6	1	0	146.7	160	84	74	6	52	68	1	0	2	639
Elden Auker	9	10	.474	5.36	31	25	4	6	1	0	151.0	183	108	90	13	61	43	1	0	0	697
Emerson Dickman	8	3	.727	4.43	48	1	23	0	0	5	113.7	126	70	56	10	43	46	3	0	3	507
Jim Bagby	5	5	.500	7.09	21	11	5	3	0	0	80.0	119	66	63	7	36	35	2	0	2	388
Woody Rich	4	3	.571	4.91	21	12	4	3	0	1	77.0	78	46	42	2	35	24	5	0	0	344
Charlie Wagner	3	1	.750	4.23	9	5	2	0	0	0	38.3	49	19	18	3	14	13	0	1	0	170
Monte Weaver	1	0	1.000	6.64	9	1	2	1	0	1	20.3	26	15	15	0	13	6	1	0	2	99
Bill LeFebvre	1	1	.500	5.81	5	3	2	0	0	0	26.3	35	17	17	2	14	8	0	0	0	122
Jake Wade	1	4	.200	6.23	20	6	8	1	0	0	47.7	68	34	33	1	37	21	0	0	2	234
Jimmie Foxx	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
Bill Sayles	0	0		7.07	5	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	14	13	11	1	13	9	0	0	2	67
Totals	89	62	.589	4.56	339	152	100	52	4	20	1350.7	1533	795	684	77	543	539	19	2	25	6037

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Ted Williams	149	677	565	131	185	44	11	31	145	2	1	107	64	.327	.436	.609	1.045	344	10	2	3
Doc Cramer	137	642	589	110	183	30	6	0	56	3	3	36	17	.311	.352	.382	.734	225	16	2	15
Jimmie Foxx	124	563	467	130	168	31	10	35	105	4	3	89	72	.360	.464	.694	1.158	324	17	2	5
Bobby Doerr	127	574	525	75	167	28	2	12	73	1	10	38	32	.318	.365	.448	.813	235	17	1	10
Jim Tabor	149	626	577	76	167	33	8	14	95	16	10	40	54	.289	.337	.447	.784	258	15	1	8
Joe Cronin	143	627	520	97	160	33	3	19	107	6	6	87	48	.308	.407	.492	.899	256	18	0	20
Joe Vosmik	145	640	554	89	153	29	6	7	84	4	3	66	33	.276	.356	.388	.744	215	27	3	17
Lou Finney	95	278	249	43	81	18	3	1	46	2	5	24	11	.325	.385	.434	.818	108	4	0	5
Johnny Peacock	92	312	274	33	76	11	4	0	36	1	1	29	11	.277	.347	.347	.693	95	4	0	9
Gene Desautels	76	269	226	26	55	14	0	0	21	3	1	33	13	.243	.340	.305	.645	69	2	0	10
Tom Carey	54	170	161	17	39	6	2	0	20	0	0	3	9	.242	.265	.304	.569	49	4	2	4
Red Nonnenkamp	58	87	75	12	18	2	1	0	5	0	1	12	6	.240	.345	.293	.638	22	2	0	0
Elden Auker	31	57	53	6	12	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	14	.226	.241	.358	.599	19	0	0	3
Jim Bagby	21	37	34	10	10	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	.294	.314	.441	.755	15	1	1	2
Jack Wilson	37	68	63	6	10	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	17	.159	.159	.159	.317	10	0	0	5
Boze Berger	20	33	30	4	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.300	.323	.367	.689	11	0	0	2
Moe Berg	14	35	33	3	9	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	3	.273	.314	.394	.708	13	1	0	0
Fritz Ostermueller	34	64	56	4	9	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	5	.161	.203	.196	.400	11	4	0	5
Lefty Grove	25	85	67	3	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	9	26	.134	.237	.179	.416	12	0	0	9
Woody Rich	21	29	27	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.259	.286	.259	.545	7	1	0	1
Joe Heving	46	35	32	5	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.188	.188	.219	.406	7	0	0	3
Bill LeFebvre	7	12	10	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.300	.417	.300	.717	3	0	0	0
Denny Galehouse	30	58	47	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	20	.064	.185	.085	.270	4	2	1	4
Emerson Dickman	48	38	36	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	13	.056	.105	.056	.161	2	1	0	0
Bill Sayles	5	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0
Charlie Wagner	11	14	14	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.071	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	0
Fabian Gaffke	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jake Wade	20	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Monte Weaver	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals	1729	6054	5308	890	1543	287	57	124	832	42	44	591	502	.291	.363	.436	.800	2316	146	15	140

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Jimmie Foxx	1B	123	1101	91	10	104	.992	9.691	0
Lou Finney	1B	32	280	11	4	27	.986	9.094	0
Bobby Doerr	2B	126	336	431	19	95	.976	6.087	0
Tom Carey	2B	35	75	87	0	19	1.000	4.629	0
Boze Berger	2B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Jim Tabor	3B	148	144	338	40	32	.923	3.257	0
Boze Berger	3B	5	4	10	0	1	1.000	2.800	0
Johnny Peacock	C	84	314	33	10	6	.972	4.131	4
Gene Desautels	C	73	310	48	2	5	.994	4.904	1
Moe Berg	C	13	45	10	2	1	.965	4.231	1
Ted Williams	OF	149	318	11	19	3	.945	2.208	0
Joe Vosmik	OF	144	296	9	8	0	.974	2.118	0
Red Nonnenkamp	OF	15	25	0	1	0	.962	1.667	0
Lou Finney	OF	24	48	1	2	1	.961	2.042	0
Doc Cramer	OF	135	356	12	6	0	.984	2.726	0
Jack Wilson	P	36	14	25	1	1	.975	1.083	0
Monte Weaver	P	9	1	0	0	0	1.000	.111	0
Charlie Wagner	P	9	2	6	0	0	1.000	.889	0
Jake Wade	P	20	0	8	0	0	1.000	.400	0
Bill Sayles	P	5	0	3	0	0	1.000	.600	0
Woody Rich	P	21	3	22	3	0	.893	1.190	0
Fritz Ostermueller	P	34	12	22	2	2	.944	1.000	0
Bill LeFebvre	P	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	.600	0
Joe Heving	P	46	8	17	3	2	.893	.543	0
Lefty Grove	P	23	0	21	3	2	.875	.913	0
Denny Galehouse	P	30	11	24	3	2	.921	1.167	0
Jimmie Foxx	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Emerson Dickman	P	48	4	33	2	3	.949	.771	0
Jim Bagby	P	21	3	11	1	2	.933	.667	0
Elden Auker	P	31	9	35	4	2	.917	1.419	0
Joe Cronin	SS	142	306	437	32	93	.959	5.232	0
Tom Carey	SS	10	18	29	2	3	.959	4.700	0
Boze Berger	SS	10	8	10	1	1	.947	1.800	0
Totals		1609	4052	1798	180	407	.970	3.636	6

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